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| Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1770 |
Benghazi is back and, with it, the role of Ben Rhodes in what many consider a classic cover-up. Dithering on whether or not to call the attack on the Benghazi outpost last September 11 a “terrorist attack” certainly smells like a cover-up. If so, it will come out starting with House Oversight and Government Reform hearings this Wednesday. That hearing will include two witnesses who will testify that the State Counterterrorism Bureau was cut out of the loop after the attack.
Squarely in the crosshairs then, as now, is the
infamous “talking points,” about
which Stephen Hayes writes in a lengthy piece in this week's Weekly
Standard. (See also this
piece in The Weekly
Standard blog.)
As I wrote back
in November in my 2012 American Politics blog, “Sensing their
vulnerability (in the wake of Petraeus’ appearance before Congress), even
the White House took the extraordinary step... of refuting the testimony,
through National Security
Council spokesman Ben Rhoades,” according to The Washington
Times.
Rhoades, no political virgin, is a former Obama
campaign staffer. He has served as President Barack Obama’s speechwriter since
2007 and has written all of Obama’s key
foreign policy speeches.”
While the
White House might claim, in Jay Carney’s words, “Benghazi happened a long time
ago,” this baby is about to be born—June 11, 2013 being nine months after the
attack that occurred.
Whether the truth comes out now or a year from
now, one thing’s certain: God’s time is the very best time as the Cantanta BWV
106 by Johann Sebastian Bach Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste
Zeit underscores.
